Could have swore we passed by Lake Pyramind on our trip to Disneyland 2 years back. It is semi close to LA? I'd be very pleased with that Striper catch to be sure. Oddly not much a fish eater (due the blandness, also a hunter and enjoy those meals much more), but I'd have to agree Striper is very much like you said. We didn't encounter many or any small bones either. Ironically we only fishing Stripers for a few years. Caught maybe 160 and only 3 keepers. This video was one of those, so was nice to FINALLY try a Striper meal. Side note we do hope you're enjoying the fishing videos! Ken & Lea

@@hershisadventuresincalifor9725 I really like your videos. Wow, you must have Been a great fisherman to catch 160 strippers. Lake pyramid is very close to castaic lake, almost right next to each other. It is about halfway to Magic mountain after one drives up the grapevine. I started fishing after my divorce to gain patience and calmness. I prefer fishing in the ocean off fishing boats. Fish like the yellowtail, dorado, albacore, and calico bass fight pretty good. Bonita are a lot of fun to catch too but I don’t like eating them.

@@theroadrunnerjarhead4109 We're glad you're enjoying them. Editing takes 7-15 hours each but hope it helps. I guess on the 160 being a lot. Mainly due to some good days, one day we caught 37 I think. We got that video up in the Striper Playlist. When casting into a school of them, bites can be rapid! Ahhh yes I know Magic Mountain, so that helps. Some distance from Sacramento area. As for the Ocean fishing, yeah that's out of my experience. Sounds amazing would love to pull up some "exotics". We did plan to toss some "Bay" fishing in. Question did the fishing help with the calming? Just wondering as those days come with few to no bites, loose like 6+ rig set ups and currents taking bait down stream to far heh.... oh not get into the baits that never stay on the hook ACK!

We wanted JUST that. Funny. Nothing bit it, though it turned into a Rock or Tree snag. We lost the set up. My guess.... it ran and hid under rocks. Ever fish that spot in Rio Vista? It's fairly sweet!

I hear you there man! A treasure trove of lures down there I'm sure, the person that goes after them will probably come up looking like a pin cushion. You think it's more Rocks or Branches? Rather hoping it's not shopping carts sighs....

You ever fish Miller Park area in the Sac River? Sadly we just found out about it and recently fished it. Was STUNNED to find out it was a Sandy bottom and nearly snag/plant free!

If you like we can always meet up for a cup of coffee and you can explain again in person how you feel.

@@hershisadventuresincalifor9725 Sorry… but I’m Married Sir ☺️

@@Jessejames007-p5s Thing that gets me, most people in person don't come off talking crap. So they feel emboldened here. Then you back out with some sad humor? Anyways... I'm actually fairly social and nice. But no patience for childishness. Been through and seen too much for such antics.

Haha yeah they are! Funny you mention that been working on talking Lea into upsizing the hooks/baits. Once we added a mere 50%-100% Anchovies, and used a larger hook. We hooked the 18"-19". We do at times toss out Lures also, though need a few larger ones. Seem to have lost my A-Rigs. As for the Pikes or Live Bait, heh when I can get myself to put them through that. But at times I rarely use Live Bait. Thanks for the note though... have a good friend that is fond of using Golden Shiners. Also tried only once or twice of not only doubling the Anchovies on the soaking poles but to wrap a Pile Worm around it. We've used Live Mudsuckers one as well as Ghost Shrimp. Sadly didn't get bites those 2 days.

@@hershisadventuresincalifor9725 I don't use those pikeminnows alive, I catch them and put a shad needle through then with an 8. 0 or 10. O hook or if too big I fillet them then web my leader though them and wind magic thread around them to keep them on the leader good, anyway tight lines buddy

@@spooner454 Sweet man sweet... so I can still be a bit humane! I'll have to look into what a "Shad Needle" is. Though got an idea. You talking Circle Hook? Yeah that Magic Thread does help... hate when we choose to use Liver thou... Tight lines Spooner.... Ken

@hershisadventuresincalifor9725 shad or ( Bait Needle ) you can get at the Bait shop in Rio Vista, it's a piece of stainless wire with a notch in it for your leader, you hook the loop of your leader on it then shove it from the mouth of your Bait and pull it out of the tail, ( it works with, Pike minnows, mud sucker's anchovies and sardines ) then you put your leader on your slip sinker and toss it out there, I don't use spinning equipment for Stripers I use open face casting reels, like an ABU 6500,

@hershisadventuresincalifor9725 I try not to catch schoolies unless it's on lures because they swallow small baits and they can end up dieing or at the very least just a pain to lose gear and waste time, try over buy the horseshoe on Sherman island rd, by the fish shoot, try to cast in about 20 to 25 foot of water. Get a chart of the delta from the bait store, it gives you depths, and try that fishing pier behind you, sometimes it's productive, especially during the salmon transplants

Not sure where Fresno is, somehow I'm thinking like by LA? Yeah getting to Manteca or around there is close for us. Always welcome to hit us up for a mutual trip. Trout (when biting) can be a BLAST, not to mention some of the best meals from them. Can't wait to smoke our first Mount Lassen Trout! Tried that yet?

DOH.... which spot boss? Near the Chain Wood Fence that's next to the pier? Or a spot from the boat dock? In the case of the spot with the Chain/Wood Fence...omg yeah something's there boss! We get hung up something fierce. Perhaps the gents to our right were avoiding it. Lure's seemed ok, but that took out half our poles so we moved spots. The dock, has littles bits of snags if you're on the side we were and cast kind of parallel with the dock towards the bridge. Sounds like you know the area well. We're still TRYING to learn the clear spots for casting. Btw if you know (would be sweet!) bit from the shoreline is it all Sandy Bottom (outside of some snags) in that area? We recently fishing a New spot to us also in the Sac River and was a Sandy Bottom (that's day is tonight's new episode, you'll probably know the area). Thanks for watching, hope you're enjoying and it's an honor! Ken & Lea

Should have kept the reel from the sounds of it. It still catches! Though selling it for $5-$15. Then flipping that money and so on. After all money begets money. You'd just may be surprised. Or you got your dirt weed. Just some years ago flipped $400 into $345,000. Yes took a few years to do. Simply reinvested 95% of all net profits. That was the 2nd profit seeking venture I went on. First one did better. Retail sales. Then again recon this is a Fishing Channel.... so outside of your rude comment, what do you normally fish for?

Dude... oddly missed you two! Well not oddly at all. How you both been? I nearly stopped by your channel about 3 days ago to say "sup". Anyways.... how's the Reading & Painting channels going? I do plan to get some more paintings going.. Outside of that been on negative time for the longest. Doing toooo much. Ken & Lea

Actually.... sadly... the LAST Striper we caught was the first keeper size out of the last roughly 80 Stripers caught. Funny thing I had finally talked Lea into up sizing the hooks & doubling the bait. Btw they can get few feet long and weight a good 30 - 50+ pounds!

Man right on boss, that would help put me at ease heh. Though funny enough been talking to the wife saying "think we really should upsize the hooks & bait". The largest catch was on the new set up. We're always down for a good "fish story" when you got one! Hope you're enjoying the vids! Ken & Lea

we been catching them left and right in that spot

@@beneful209 Personally I like that spot. Glad you posted that comment thou, adds another layer of confirmation they're biting there. If you don't mind what bait or lures?

@@hershisadventuresincalifor9725 i’ve had best luck with anchovies. biggest i’ve caught there was at least 38in.

@@beneful209 Right on thanks for the info! Sounds like you hit some schools also, man can get active when they come through. Same with us for bait, still hell bent on getting some more on lures. Had lure bites in the past. As for the 38". Beats our largest Striper. We did catch some fish of such size or so. Alas not Stripers thou... sighs.... heh it's a good spot! P.S. next episode will be up in a few days. Still Striper.... bit better.... new spot for us!

We used more than one rig set up, so really depends on which you're referring to, but yes we did use Carolina Rigs. Line to a sinker, to a swivel, then the leader line & hook. At times we do add a second swivel to stop the sinker from sliding far. If I may also, they actually work fairly well. For multi species as well. On a side note, we do hope you're enjoying the videos, tight lines! Ken & Lea

Greg wasn't it you that suggested putting the Anchovies head down on the hook? Either way haha right now, hope it was an enjoyable episode! It didn't do my knee any favors, and what no one seen was that last Striper, it actually was dragging the pole across the dock and into the water. So I dove to catch it. When my hand grabbed it, it was already 100% off the dock and into the water sinking.

Thanks for sure! You do mean at the same location? Or general area? Though we rarely target Catfish we do both enjoy landing them. This one here as I'm sure you seen we caught by mistake. Then when I was setting hook, they must have been around the bait in numbers. I hear you on the clean meat though, without shell. Other side of the coin, if I had enough of them heck I'd eat them! Always was a bit more fond of Shellfish. Not to put down Trout, Salmon or Sturgeon steaks! Ken & Lea

@@hershisadventuresincalifor9725 i would fish random back sloughs in general with craw fish meat shrimo prawns would get only catfish that way. Was advoiding the baby striper they mess up baits to easy

@@jonathanrodrigues1264 That's odd never seen notification of this response. Right on, when we had trouble getting them in main/larger Delta waters I figured it was the smaller back canals and what not that'd have them. Bet you're probably right on the Stripers. So they don't go after the Crawdad, Shimp meat eh?

At first I was like... what the... is he on about. Yeah time you viewed it, it was around or I guess at 777 funny as it wouldn't stay at the number but for a brief time. Outside of that the fishing was real heh. So was the struggle to pull up a keeper....

Honestly you might be right! Didn't give it too much thought at the time. Though if I may add, the currents were so strong that everyone's lines were drifting back and forth in the currents. I'd guess we would have need much much heavy weights to prevent that. Alas lucky seems most of the bottom was sandy or muddy. So not too many snags in the 2nd location. We hope you're enjoying the videos boss! Tight lines... Ken & Lea

Sweet boss, that's two recent videos then where I gave you a Shout Out about your suggestion. Almost called you George... alas, saved by my ummm "Correctness" heh... Thanks Greg! We're actually thinking of 1-3 special videos & maybe event as we're approaching Episode 200. So perhaps a few "different" fishing trips, then what do you think of a Subscriber meet up/fish for Episode 200? Or other thoughts?